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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (M/A-COM Tech), a supplier of semiconductors, active and passive components and subassemblies for radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave applications, announced that it has been listed among the top 25 largest semiconductor manufacturers in New England, based on number of employees. The list was compiled...

Mimix Asia , a supplier of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) for microwave and millimeter-wave applications, introduced a 7 to 13 GHz GaAs MMIC 6-bit phase shifter with LVCMOS/TTL compatible digital control. Identified as XS1000-BD, this device has digitally controlled 6-bit operation and a least significant bit (LSB) of...

Ducommun Inc. announced that its Ducommun AeroStructures Inc. (DAS) subsidiary has definitized a follow-on contract with The Boeing Co. to provide fuselage skins for the C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft through the fourth quarter of 2010. Boeing produces the C-17 Globemaster III in Long Beach, CA for the...

DragonWave Inc. , a supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, announced that Videotron , a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., will be deploying the Horizon Compact packet microwave solution to deliver high capacity backhaul for its HSPA network, bringing consumers and small...

Channel Microwave announced that it has been acquired by Smiths Group plc , and will now operate as an independent division of Lorch Microwave Inc. "We are proud to become a part of the Smiths family of companies, and we are committed to maintaining the sound business practices and...

NoiseWave announces the immediate availability of the NW18G-MI Noise Instrument. The unit is a manual Additive White Gaussian Noise generator that features broadband frequency coverage from 2 to 18 GHz. Power out is -14 dBm and the unit features a flatness of ± 2.5 dB. The NW18G-MI operates from...

Lockheed Martin has elevated preferred supplier Evans Capacitor Co. to the Platinum level of Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control’s three-tiered Preferred Supplier Program. The Preferred Supplier Program supports the company’s philosophy of building a world-class supply chain that demonstrates excellence as the standard and continuous improvement as the...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced its first high performance Dielectric Resonator Oscillator (DRO). An exciting new product, the HMC-C200 is one of the lowest phase noise X-band DRO products in the industry. The HMC-C200 DRO features a...

Richardson Electronics Ltd. , the electronics components distributor with strong local support and a key presence in all major markets worldwide, announced that it is stocking and delivering Vincotech ’s newest complete GPS receiver system solutions, the A1084-A and A1084-B receiver modules and the A1035-H receiver/antenna module. Both the...

“The outlook for mobile handset markets continues to improve,” says Jake Saunders, ABI Research’s VP for Forecasting. “While 3Q-2009 showed a YoY 6.5 percent contraction in shipments to 291.1 million, 2009 should close out with only a 4 to 5 percent contraction (to 1,138 million for the year).” Handset...